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Acknowledgments  xix lofty goals. They also demonstrated the importance of staying connected to loved ones, no matter what. If anyone is wondering, my parents had a very difficult time when they learned in 1979 that I was gay, and it took them several years to adjust. But we never let go of each other, and, eventually, like the parents in this study, they came around. When you have a family such as mine, whose members are passionate people with strong opinions, bruising arguments are inevitable. However, I always know that, no matter what hap- pens, we will still love one another, and, in each other, we can always find a home to return to. Finally, I must thank my partner of twenty-seven years, Timothy Murphy. Anyone who lives with someone who is writing a book knows how difficult and lonely it can be. Tim deserves a lot of credit for this book, as he did all the things that made it possible for me to have the necessary blocks of time to write it, including, but not limited to, maintaining the house, caring for our garden, and putting up with my alternating periods of crippling self-doubt and towering grandiosity punctuated by long emotional absences. One of the great mysteries of my life is how I managed to be lucky enough to have this smart, strong, devoted, and sensitive man as my partner. What I do know is I will never be able to thank him enough—and that I will love him forever. 01_lasala14382_fm.indd 19 3/10/10 12:50:45 PM

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